by Paula Maack
Today is the Pagan New Year. It is a time for exciting new beginnings. Seeds and bulbs stir quietly beneath the earth, trees shed their amber leaves, and the winds of change sweep away the old and stale, leaving everything crisp, fresh, and new. I am thrilled to celebrate the New Year in my new [...]
… I launched this blog. And what a fun time it has been!
How quickly the months have passed! And, in that time my readership has grown from a handful of devotees to thousands of readers a month. I have connected with long lost friends, and have even made a few new ones, and look forward [...]
Just the other night, one of my favorite movies aired on television:
Tortilla Soup. I take immense pleasure in the artful cinematography of the food, and celebration of fine Mexican cuisine. The casting was flawless (
Hector Elizondo,
Rachel Welch, et al), and the acting sublime. Chemistry extraordinaire, a fantastic soundtrack, and a marvelous story to [...]
The Omnivore’s 100
Image by
Nathan Moody, ©2008, All Rights Reserved.
Do you have the chomps to call yourself an “Omnivore”?
Put your money where your mouth is and take the quiz after the jump.
For some reason, I have seen bloggers get criticized severely in the comments section of their blog and challenged as to their qualifications to write their opinions when they post the occasional negative review. I find that ridiculous.
If you do not like the opinion of the blogger, don’t read the blog.
If you respectfully [...]
My name is Paula Maack, and I have resided in a region of the San Francisco Bay Area known to most of you as Silicon Valley for the last 7 years, although I have lived throughout California (San Diego’s North County, Chico, Orange County, and mostly L.A.) for most of my life. I am [...]
I am usually ahead of the curve on most trends, but the concept of blogging completely eluded me, until I was doing research early last spring in preparation for a to Paris, and came across a few food blogs while surfing for restaurant reviews.
The first blog I stumbled upon was that of the remarkable
David [...]
